I've been to a couple countries in Latin America

The infrastructure was less built out than USA, the cars & consumer goods were not what people in USA would consider the most cutting edge

There was concern that the tap water was not safe to drink, and bottled water was preferred. In one town that I stayed for a time, everyone had water barrels on their roofs as the municipal water would be shut off at a certain of day.

Otherwise I would say that life seemed quite ordinary